CVE-2013-4396

xorg-x11-server: use-after-free flaw when handling ImageText requests

Published Oct 10, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 4.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2784-1 xorg-server security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4275 Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1990-1 X.Org X server vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:45 PM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 10, 2013, 10:55 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:57 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 8, 2013, 12:00 AM